Un-Named Dry Washer Operation

The Un-Named Dry Washer Operation is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,440 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Un-Named Dry Washer Operation  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

Elevation: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.92694, -117.45444

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Un-Named Dry Washer Operation MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Un-Named Dry Washer Operation


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron


Location

State: California
County: Inyo
District: Argus


Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: Naval Weapons Center
Home Office: China Lake, Ca.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range/Walker Lane


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote


Comments

Comment (Location): APPROX 4.75 MILES ALONG BIRCHUM SPRINGS CAMPGROUND RD

Comment (Workings): STREAM CHANNEL, THREE SETS OF RIFFLES CONSTRUCTED FROM BASALT COBBLES ALONG FORKED SECTION OF STREAM

Comment (Geology): INTRUSIVES CAPPED BY BASALTIC LAVA FLOW

Comment (Deposit): SMALL PLACER OPERATION WITH RELATIVELY LITTLE WORK, LOTS OF PREPARATION - NOT MUCH DRY WASHING DONE, GRAVELS LOOKED RELATIVELY UNDESTURBED ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV


References

Reference (Deposit): RODGERS, C.; HUBER, D.; AHENZA MOORE, T.-FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, NWC, 04-83


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